Contact
Pfaffenwaldring 6
70569 Stuttgart
Germany
Room: V 6.2.16
Office Hours
Anyone with interesting questions and ideas is welcome to visit the office at any time.
Subject
Current projects
- HEELP
- PyRC - Python library for automated calculation of RC networks of thermal dynamic models with high temporal resolution (https://codeberg.org/IGTE/pyrc, https://pyrc.de)
- Fraqualex - Framework for fully automated flow optimization of quasi-fractal distribution structures
Focus areas
- Flow distribution in additively manufactured heat exchanger distributors
- Quasi-fractal algorithms and geometry generation with these
- Automated CFD simulations in OpenFOAM
- Maintainer of PyRC: https://codeberg.org/IGTE/pyrc
- IT administration
- Problem solving
- Kimmich, Jourdan: Python Package for Generating Dynamic Systems and Simulating Resistance-Capacitance Networks (PyRC), 2026, https://doi.org/10.18419/DARUS-5765
- Kimmich, Jourdan: PyRC, 2026, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18832970
- Kimmich: Enhancing fluid distribution in additively manufactured heat exchangers using autogenerated geometries, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2766/1/012173
- Kimmich: Implementierung eines Vorhersage- und Optimierungsalgorithmus in eine Datenschnittstelle für Smart Meter Gateways, 2022, https://dx.doi.org/10.18419/opus-12175
- Kimmich: Untersuchung des Energieaufwands in Luftverteilsystemen für charakteristische Lastsituationen, 2022, https://dx.doi.org/10.18419/opus-12176
Internship Mini-BHKW
Internship infrared camera
Calculation of Heat Exchangers (Lecture/Tutorial)